Anthony Buckeridge

Dear Miss Thorpe, We hope you are quite well. We are very sorry we did not do your leaflets very well owing to strong winds.....

When Jennings' new diary is made public, the thought of his most private thoughts being made public spur him to invent a secret language....

"Right! Stand by for orders to lower away. I’m going to take charge at the reception base. And don’t worry… This is one of my guaranteed foolproof plans. It can’t possibly go wrong!"

When Jennings and Darbishire discover a hibernating hedgehog they are instantly intrigued. Then, when Venables tells him that foxes eat hedgehogs, Jennings decides to rescue it....

Jennings starts the second half of the Christmas term by accidentally setting his “india rubber” (erasure) on fire......